From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Officials, Business management, Occupationsvice-presidentˌvice-ˈpresident noun [countable]1PGOthe person who is next in rank to the president of a country and who is responsible for the president’s duties if he or she is unable to do them2BBBBO American English someone who is responsible for a particular part of a companyour vice-president for marketingExamples from the Corpusvice-president• the vice president of humanresources• Anderson will be vice president of operations for the company's eastregion.• Gerry Dicker, vice president and assistantsecretary.• He reports to vice president Bernard Puckett, generalmanager of ApplicationsSolutions.• Michael Finkelman, senior vice president, Hilton International.• Pihl will become a vice president of Ascend.• Sun vice president Denis Yaro heads SunConnect and will relocate to Grenoble by the middle of next year.• The refunds will costSaturn about $ 7 million, said Joe Kennedy, vice president of sales, service and marketing.From Longman Business Dictionaryvice presidentˌvice ˈpresident (also vice-president) American Englishthe title given in some organizations to the person directly below the president in rankAfter three years asvice-president, he became chief executive officer. →president